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Various kinds of Markov models are pretty interesting and have many interesting applications that are not too complicated, it's a pity this particular example i
by stiff 13y ago
Various kinds of Markov models are pretty interesting and have many interesting applications that are not too complicated, it's a pity this particular example is being done to death, since it doesn't give much insight into the topic. Shannon's classic paper on information theory is very readable and shows the usefulness of the concept:
http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/ms/what/shannonday/shannon1948.pdf http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/ms/what/shannonday/shannon1948.pd...
- Isamu 13y agoYes! - read the paper. Or if you are too "busy" on HN, at least skip to sections I.3. THE SERIES OF APPROXIMATIONS TO ENGLISH and I.4. GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION OF A MARKOFF PROCESS. See also the Usenet trolling program that indirectly inspired the Go example: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_V_Shaney http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_V_Shaney